• Sustainability assessment tools
  • An assessment of the CASBEE sustainability certificate in the context of Brazilian urban projects

    ABSTRACT: In most studies, it has been taking into account the performance assessment of construction, without addressing or addressing insufficiently, the urban context in which it is inserted: the environment, the neighborhood, the city. As cause and consequence of this situation, many of the built environment promotion policies are directed solely to the construction, while larger scale projects are […]

  • Sustainability assessment tools
  • Tools for assessing sustainability in urban settlements: Case study of the Metropolitan Center neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro, applying the LEED ND environmental certification

    ABSTRACT: While increasing the use of sustainability in urban projects, it grows the need to develop sustainability indicators that serve as a reference for assessing urban policies implemented in the city. With it come new evaluation systems that take into consideration the environment, location, urban mobility, infrastructure and environmental management, putting into practice concepts of new urbanism and sustainable […]